Third meeting of the Working Group for the Follow-up to the Dakar/Ngor Declaration/
International Conference on Population and Development

Dakar, Senegal
18-20 December 2002

A. ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK

1. The Third Meeting of the Working Group for the follow-up to the DND and the ICPD-PA met at IDEP in Dakar, Senegal, on 18-20 December 2002 to define guidelines for the substantive preparation of the ICPD+10 review process, including the schedule of events in preparation for the regional assessment and the inputs of sub-regional population and development institutions.

2. The following institutions were represented at the meeting: African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Regional Institute for Population Studies

(RIPS), United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) and Union for African Pupation Studies (UAPS).

3. Also attending the meeting were representatives of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the African Development Bank (ADB).

4. The representative of the Association pour les activités en matière de population-Senegal (APAPS), the Association pour le Bien-être Familial du Senegal (ASBEF), the Forum of Afro-Arab Parliamentarians for Population and Development (FAAPPD) and the Quotidien le Soleil le attended as observer. A list of participants is given in Annex ".

5. The meeting was chaired by the Representative of the host country and Chairperson of the Follow-up Committee.

B. AGENDA

6. The meeting adopted the following agenda:

(1) Opening of the meeting.

(2) Adoption of the agenda and the programme of work.

(3) Processes and modalities for the ten-year review and appraisal of the implementation of DND/ICPD

3.1 Progress with the regional ICPD+10 review.

3.2 Progress with the global ICPD+10 review.

3.3 National and Sub-regional ICPD+10 reviews: modalities and perspectives

3.4 Report on the preparatory activities of the General Assembly of African Population Commission

3.5 Report on the preparatory activities of the UAPS African Population Conference.

(4) Introduction to the Global and Regional Questionnaires.

(5) Working group on the draft Regional Questionnaire.

(6) Working group on follow-up activities at national, sub regional and regional levels.

(7) Main conclusions and closure of the meeting.

7. The programme of work adopted by the meeting is presented in Annex 1 of the present report.

C. ACCOUNT OF PROCEEDINGS

Opening statements (agenda item 1)

8. The Deputy Director of IDEP, Prof. Aloysius Amin, wished a warm welcome to the participants and underlined that the expertise and partnership built by ECA and UNFPA provides confidence that the objectives of the meeting will be achieved.

9. In her introductory remarks, the chairperson of the Follow-up Committee and Chairperson of the meeting invited participants to make significant proposals in response to the deterioration of the living conditions in Member States. She recalled the last week conference of French speaking demographers which focused among others on the work of children and underlined that the NEPAD constitutes an appropriate programmatic framework for the current meeting.

10. During his speech Mr. Lalan Mubiala, Deputy Director of UNFPA Africa Division, New York, welcomed all participants to the workshop and conveyed to the Government of Senegal and IDEP his gratitude for hosting the workshop. He recalled the ICPD (1994), held in Cairo, Egypt where the Programme of Action (PoA) for population and development was adopted, which he said underscores the integral and mutually reinforcing linkages between population and development. He reminded the meeting about the consensus reached at the conference regarding three quantitative goals to be achieved over the next 20 years relating to infant, child and maternal mortality; the provision of universal access to education and universal access to health care and family planning services.

11. The ICPD + 5 review he said, revealed that the ICPD goals were still valid and that progress had been achieved in advancing them. However the review also revealed that much greater and urgent action was needed in areas such as reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality; addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of youth; the prevention of HIV/AIDS and the provision of reproductive health care for women and youth in emergency situation.

12. Regarding the upcoming review of ICPD + 10 in 2004, he stated that the main objectives include the assessment of progress made in achieving ICPD goals, including constraints and lessons learnt; and to accelerate further implementation of the PoA in the next 10 years. Resource mobilization and the reinforcement and complementing efforts to track progress in achieving MDGs are important objectives of the review. In ending his address, he stressed the importance of the working group meeting in setting in motion the review process in the Africa region and he expressed optimism that the meeting would accomplish its expected outputs namely: a draft regional questionnaire and a proposed work programme for follow-up activities in preparation for Africa's contribution to the review process.

13. During his opening speech, Mr. Josue Dione, Director, SDD of the ECA, welcomed participants to the meeting on behalf of the Executive Secretary. He extended his gratitude to the Senegalese Government and to IDEP for hosting the meeting and to UNFPA for contributing funds to make the meeting a reality. He recalled the mandate given to ECA by the DND to establish a follow-up committee of Member States in cooperation with AU, ADB and UNFPA, which was established by the ECA conference of ministers in 1993. It was at its first meeting in Addis Ababa, 1994 that the committee established the working group comprising in addition to the above-mentioned institutions, IDEP, IFORD, RIPS, CERPOD and UAPS.

14. He reminded the meeting of the three essential tasks of the working group namely: assisting the follow-up committee in its activities; providing technical support in the implementation of the DND/ICPD; and playing an advisory role in the review of the programme of work of the follow-up committee. He also recalled the various meetings of the working group since its establishment and commended the exemplary manner in which members of the working group have over the years, collaborated to ensure the successful execution of their mandate.

15. He stressed the importance of the ICPD+10 review process, which involves all partners (including regional commissions of the United Nations) in the implementation of the ICPD-PA. He highlighted some actions, which have already been undertaken by the ECA in this regard. He emphasized the importance of visibility for more effective implementation, hence the decentralization of activities to national and sub-regional levels. He outlined the tasks of the working group at the meeting as follows: suggesting orientations for the scope and content of the regional questionnaire; proposing themes for country-specific evaluation reports; defining the roles and contribution of the different institutions and the consideration of a tentative schedule of activities for the ICPD +10 review process in the region. He expressed confidence regarding the outcome of the meeting, which would facilitate the preparation of a comprehensive regional report. Finally, he wished participants every success and declared the meeting open.

Processes and modalities for the ten-year review and appraisal of the implementation of DND/ICPD (agenda item 3)

Progress with the regional ICPD+10 review (agenda item 3.1)

16. The ECA representative introduced the presentation by recalling the African assessments of the implementation of the DND and ICPD-PA undertaken in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998. In 1999, for the preparation of the African input into the report of ICPD+5, the African report documented achievements including policy changes, constraints encountered, and success stories in the following key programme areas:

(i) Institutional mechanisms for co-ordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of population programmes;

(ii) Reproductive health including family planning and sexual health, reproductive rights, HIV/AIDS;

(iii) Gender equality, equity, empowerment of women and male involvement;

(iv) Advocacy and IEC strategies; and,

(v) Forging partnerships with the NGOs, civil society and private sector.

17. Regarding the Global assessment of ICPD+5, he underscored The Hague Forum (February 1999), which undertook the operational review and appraisal, and the UN General Assembly Special Session-UNGASS on ICPD+5 (June 1999), which adopted key actions for the further implementation of the ICPD-PA.

18. He reported that, after ICPD+5, ECA has organized the Second Meeting of the Working Group for the follow-up to the DND/ICPD (Dakar, 14-16 June 2000). The meeting suggested that the 10-year review in Africa would focus on: Poverty and demographic changes; HIV/AIDS; Youth; Migrations; Gender. The ECA has also organized the 4th meeting of the Follow up Committee on the Implementation of the DND/ICPD (January 2002, Yaoundé). The meeting assessed country implementation of the DND and ICPD-PA, policy interventions/accomplishments, and challenges/constraints. The meeting also adopted recommendations for the way forward on population and development in Africa on the following areas:

(i) Enabling political environment for the implementation of DND/ICPD;

(ii) Health policies and RH programmes;

(iii) Capacity building;

(iv) Data, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;

(v) ICPD+10;

(vi) HIV/AIDS; and,

(vii) Population perspectives of NEPAD.

19. The Committee decided that the 10-year review and appraisal of ICPD-PA in the Africa region should focus on the following thematic areas: (i) Reproductive Health; (ii) Youth; (iii) Gender; (iv) Migration and Urbanization; (v) Poverty, Population, Environment and Sustainable Development; (vi) HIV/AIDS; and (vii) Resource mobilization.

20. In addition, the 4^th meeting of the Follow up Committee discussed the population perspectives in the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and priority areas. During the 4^th meeting of the Follow up Committee participants NGOs established NEPADACT: a mechanism to co-ordinate their activities in implementing identified NEPAD priorities.

21. The ECA representative also indicated that this 3rd meeting of the Working group for the Follow-up to the DND and ICPD-PA has the objective of discussing the ICPD+10 assessment in Africa. In this regard, ECA proposes the following activities in preparation of the Africa ICPD+10 review for the period 2003-2004

(i) Dissemination of a detailed country questionnaire; Analysis of data;

(ii) Comparative analysis of country reports;

(iii) Preparation of 15 country in-depth evaluation reports (three for subregion);

(iv) Preparation by sub-regional institutions of sub-regional reports;

(v) Organization of sub-regional review meetings in the five African sub-regions;

(vi) Production of a comprehensive regional evaluation report;

(vii) Organization of a Regional Preparatory meeting to endorse findings of ICPD+10 review process and adopt a declaration.

Progress with the global ICPD+10 review (agenda item 3.2)

22. In his presentation on the ICPD+10 review, Mr. Lalan Mubiala, Deputy Director, Africa Division, UNFPA Headquarters, New York, began by introducing the objectives of the review which are: (i) assessing progress made in achieving ICPD goals; (ii) accelerating further implementation of the PoA in the next 10 years to 2015, including resource mobilization; (iii) reinforcing and complementing efforts to track progress in achieving MDGs and highlighting how the attainment of the ICPD goals crucially contributes to over-arching development goal of poverty reduction. Following this introduction, he demonstrated the link between the MDGs and the ICPD goals and objectives, by providing a matching ICPD goal and objective for each MDG.

23. He informed the meeting that global inter-governmental discussions on ideas and modalities for marking ICPD+10 and other +10 conferences are ongoing at the UN General Assembly. He highlighted options that are being flagged for ICPD+10, including a technical review to be conducted by the bureau of the Commission on Population and Development. He warned against the reopening of the debated on ICPD agreements.

24. UNFPA ICPD+10 activities he said, include assisting countries in reviewing operational experiences in implementing PoA, the preparation of a global questionnaire, reporting on resource flows, organizing expert technical meetings mobilizing resources and producing a synthesis report. In ending, he highlighted activities being undertaken by the five regional commissions including ECA.

25. During the discussions which followed the 2 presentations, the participants reminded that Goal 8 of the MDG, should be also highlighted and added to the list. Also the corrections made during the ICPD+5 review should be recognized and acknowledged in the report of ICPD+10. Some of these corrections are related to indicators such as infant mortality.

26. In the preparation of the review, participants indicated that a calendar should be established to allow each partner to complete his work on time and adopted by competent policy organs and authorities before submission to the General Assembly. It was further indicated that this calendar for Africa will derive from that adopted at international level.

27. Concerning the country reports, the meeting suggested to avoid sampling Member States and therefore, all countries should be free to prepare reports in the frame of their evaluation of ICPD+10. However, few countries will be identified in each sub-region to prepare country thematic reports which, together with the other country reports will form the basis for a regional evaluation report.

28. The meeting also discussed the request of some non-African Member States to re-open discussions on selected issues such as abortion. The meeting therefore reminded that Africa's position is set in the DND and the ICPD Plan of Action and that provision was made for each country to implement the recommendations in accordance with its culture and believes. The meeting agreed that no discussions should be re-opened neither for ICPD, nor for any of the Agenda 21, Doha (Trade liberalization) and Monterrey (Financing of development) International conferences. The issue rather is what to do to improve the implementation of those Plans of Action on the basis of the implementation review.

29. Considering the objectives of ICDP and those of the MDGs, the participants questioned which countries will be able to achieve these goals and which measures should be taken in order to assist concretely Member States which are likely not to achieve the goals.

30. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) are viewed as macro-economic frame-work for all types of development interventions. In this context, the meeting observed that population issues were not adequately addressed in the PRSP. Therefore, the international organizations and the international Community will have to innovate to find the best way to deal with "Population and Development" which constitutes the main framework for poverty reduction initiatives.

31. The meeting further recalled that in Yaounde, seven themes were retained, namely Reproduction Health, Youth, Gender, Migration and Urbanization, Poverty, Population, Environment and Sustainable Development, HIV/AIDS, and Resource mobilization. These themes cover the priorities of Africa and form the basis for the evaluation reports which will be conducted at national, sub-regional and regional levels. Two additional themes namely Family Issues and Crisis situation and consequences for the populations are added to the list by the meeting.

32. Finally, participants focused on resource mobilisation as key factor for the implementation of the ICPD Plan of Action and stressed the need for fund availability for smooth implementation of activities at all levels.

National and sub-regional ICPD+10 reviews: Modalities and perspectives (agenda item 3.3)

33. The ECA representative indicated that the ECA subregional offices should play a role in the preparation of ICPD+10 reviews given their proximity and relation with Member States and given their objective of supporting subregional activities. It will be recalled that in the preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) that took place in Johannesburg this year, existing lead subregional structures organized preparatory reviews that were input to the Africa Ministerial position that was submitted to the Summit. In this case, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) had organized a preparatory meeting with assistance from ECA and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Similar preparatory meetings were carried out for the other subregions in Africa.

34. The subregional involvement will give continuity in the follow up and implementation of ICPD+10. In Southern Africa as an example, regarding SADC, a structure exists for the reviews. It consists of the Southern Africa Forum for Population and Development (SAFPAD), which is a technical preparatory group for the Southern Africa Ministers Conference on Population and Development (SAMCPD). This has been the SADC structure in following up the implementation of the ICPD. The 7^th SAFPAD and fourth SAMCPD to review the ICPD were held in Windhoek, Namibia from 5-8 June 2001. A brief article on the outcome of this was included in the ECA African Population and Development Bulletin of June to July 2001. It will be necessary to assist SADC make an input in the ICPD+10 reviews.

35. As for the ECA subregional offices, they need to provide information and report to their respective intergovernmental committees of experts (ICEs) in the process on the ICPD+10 reviews and appeal to Member States for cooperation and assistance in the completion of questionnaires that will collect data for the reviews. The subregional offices should prepare sub-regional reports based on the questionnaires returned from Member States. Subregional preparatory meetings should be encouraged. In the case of Southern Africa, the ECA subregional office could organize such a meeting in collaboration with the SAFPAD / SAMCPD. This requires financial support from ECA / UNFPA to organize such a review meeting. Similar subregional collaborative arrangement should be explored for other subregions.

36. In conclusion, the ECA representative indicated that sub-regional offices should play an active role in the preparatory activities to the ICPD+10 and work closely with existing organizations and structures in each subregion. Resources will be needed to support subregions in this regard.

37. During the discussions that followed, participants emphasized the methodology aspects in the preparation of the reports at national, sub-regional and regional levels. Appropriate harmonization is required so that all reports are structured in the same manner and deal effectively with the same issues to allow the comparison between them.

38. For monitoring purpose, the creation of national follow-up groups in the CILSS countries is an initiative to be considered by all countries in the sub-region.

39. The meeting also insisted on the need of coordination and harmonization from ECA Headquarters for smooth and full involvement of the sub-regions in the management and administration of the Questionnaires.

40. The meeting further underlined that Member States and partners should have the same comprehension of the Questionnaire to ensure uniformity of the responses; hence a training may be required as starting point of the filling of the Questionnaires.

Report on the preparatory activities of the African Population Commission (APC) General Assembly (agenda item 3.4)

41. The representative of the African Union (AU) recalled the role played by the African Population Commission (APC) since its establishment in 1994. He outlined the activities on advocacy and coordination carried out by the Commission at different regional and international fora. He added that the issue of population would be maintained and strengthened in the new structure of the AU. The representative of the AU then presented the work programme of the Commission for the years 2003-2004, including a Plan of Action on the Family and on migration and the contribution of the Commission in the ICPD+10 review process.

Report on the preparatory activities of the Conference on Population by the Union for African Population Studies (agenda item 3.5)

42. The representative of UAPS said that the organization will hold the 4^th Conference on African Population on December 2003. The Conference aims to improve the capacity of researchers in identifying the problems of African population and in proposing adapted solutions. The representative from UAPS presented the sub-themes of the conference. He stated that the final outputs of the Conference would include scientific articles and reports aiming the exchange of experiences and ideas among researchers. The Conference will be instrumental in establishing and reinforcing the partnership between UAPS and African institutions responsible of population issues. The meeting will focus on the necessity to establish a dialogue between policy makers, researchers, political leaders, and development partners on population issues. The aim of this enhanced dialogue is to sensitise policy makers and political leaders and strengthen their commitment to face population related problems.

43. During the discussions, the participants underlined issues such as population and poverty. A clarification of the concept of poverty was requested before the adoption of the final list of the themes and programme of the conference on Population. It was reminded that poverty was deliberately absent in the papers prepared by Tunisia whom prefer to emphasize rural development. It was also reminded that Tunisia is planning to host the 4^th African Conference on Population and that the country will define together with the other partners the content of the themes and sub-themes of the conference.

Introduction of the Global and Regional Questionnaires (agenda item 4)

44. The chairperson indicated that the objective of the second day was to start drafting a regional Africa questionnaire for the evaluation of the ICPD+10. To facilitate the process, two presentations were made namely, (a) introduction of a draft questionnaire prepared by the ECA secretariat (b) presentation by UNFPA of a Global Draft ICPD+10 Field Inquiry Questionnaire. The two presentations are presented below:

Draft Africa Regional Questionnaire

45. The representative from the ECA secretariat briefed the Working Group on the principles on which the draft questionnaire was based. These included continuity from ICPD+5, regional consensus suggested by the Fourth Follow-up Committee, and the Millennium Development Goals. The draft questionnaire was structured into four sections as follows:

(i) Indicators on National commitment and action;

(ii) Indicators of impact;

(iii) Resources mobilization for the implementation of population policiesand programmes; and,

(iv) Factors affecting national implementation of DND and ICPD-PA recommendations.

46. Coverage of indicators on national commitments and action and of impact focused on the following thematic areas, as recommend by the Fourth Meeting of the Follow-up Committee :

(i) Poverty, population, environment and sustainable development;

(ii) Migration and urbanization;

(iii) Gender equality, equity and empowerment of women;

(iv) Reproductive health and Reproductive rights;

(v) Youth;

(vi) HIV/AIDS.

Global ICPD+10 Field Inquiry Questionnaire

47. The representative from UNFPA/CST (Dakar) introduced the Global Draft ICPD+10 Field Inquiry Questionnaire, proposed by UNFPA Headquarters in New York. This questionnaire will be administered to all countries in the world. The questionnaire will collect information on progress in countries on implementation of the 1994 ICPD-PA and ICPD+5 key Actions for the further implementation of ICPD-PA. The Questionnaire seeks to collect data on the following issues:

(i) Population and development strategies;

(ii) Gender equality and women's empowerment;

(iii) Reproductive rights and reproductive health;

(iv) HIV/AIDS;

(v) Internal migration, urbanization and international migration;

(vi) Behavioral change and advocacy;

(vii) Partnerships and resources;

(viii) Data, research and training; and,

(ix) Indicators to monitor progress in the implementation of the ICPD and Millennium Development Goals.

48. It was noted that the questionnaire by UNFPA differs from the Africa Region Draft in that - the UNFPA questionnaire is by and large open ended while that of the Africa Region is closed. Both questionnaires were found to be long.

49. The two presentations were discussed together. Issues raised in the discussion included the following:

(i) The Africa Region Draft was too long and needed to be shortened and focused on selected issues;

(ii) Issues on ageing needed to be reflected given the fact that the African Union (AU) has adopted a policy on Ageing in Africa;

(iii) Possibility of merging the Africa Region Draft Questionnaire with that of the Global Inquiry;

(iv) Some of the data sought in the Africa region questionnaire would be difficult to collect;

(v) Difficulties on attributing impact assessment to specific actors, but impact was measurable;

(vi) Need to reflect questions to track contribution of NGOs and civil society and private sector to population ad development activities in Africa;

(vii) Need to make the questionnaire user friendly in completion (Training and guidelines needed to be considered for those that would complete the questionnaires);

(viii) Possibility of pre-testing the Africa Region questionnaire;

(ix) The sequencing of the questions on given topics should be logical.

50. It was agreed that the two questionnaires did not need to be merged. However, the Working Group recommended that the two questionnaires should be administered together to ensure that Member States complete both sets of the questionnaires.

Working Groups on the Review of the Draft Africa Region Questionnaire (agenda item 5)

51. Three working groups were formed to review and suggest a revised draft questionnaire focusing on the following themes: reproductive health; youth; gender; migration and migration; poverty, population, environment and sustainable development; HIV/AIDS; resources mobilization; family issues; crisis situation and population consequences. The Africa Regional and Global Draft Questionnaires, DND, the ICPD-PA and ICPD+5 Key Actions were to be used for reference in the redrafting of the Africa region questionnaire.

52. The rapporteurs of the three groups presented their reports to plenary theme by theme. Thus the three presentations on a given theme were discussed together before moving on to another theme. In this manner, it was easy to find common areas and differences in the suggestions proposed by the three working groups and agree on a formulation to be adopted.

53. There was a general consensus to have most of the questions closed to ensure consistence in analysis of the results. In this context, the categories reflected in the ICPD-PA would be used by the secretariat in finalizing the questionnaire. However, there should be provision of open ended questions wherever necessary. Some of the other agreed suggestions included:

(i) The inclusion of year to relevant questions collecting information on policies/strategies/measures adopted since 1994 in order to track progress in implementation of the ICPD-PA;

(ii) The section on "Youth" to be expanded to cover children as well and should therefore be "Children and Youth";

(iii) The section on Family needed to be strengthened; and,

(iv) The section on "Gender" should read "Gender equality, equity and empowerment of women".

Working Groups on Follow-up activities at national, sub-regional and regional levels (agenda item 6)

54. Introducing the work to be performed by the Working Groups, a representative from CST/UNFPA - Dakar indicated that Working Groups should identify key activities to be undertaken at national, sub-regional and regional levels and provide for each activity the expected results and the stakeholders. Three Groups were formed and covered the three levels. The groups performed the assignments and reported as follows the key activities:

Group 1: National Level

(i) Country report on progress in the implementation of ICPD-PA prepared and transmitted within given time frame (Thematic reports may be included as annex to the country reports);

(ii) The global and regional questionnaires correctly completed and transmitted within the given time frame

Group 2: Sub-regional level

(i) Awareness of member States regarding the progress is created and commitment of the Key Institutions is obtained;

(ii) The global and regional questionnaires correctly completed and transmitted within the given time frame;

(iii) Experts in charge of preparing the thematic reports provided with the necessary technical support;

(iv) Sub-regional Report prepared within the given time frame;

(v) Sub-regional report finalized and transmitted to ECA Headquarters.

Group 3: Regional Level

(vi) Guidelines formulated for the preparation of country reports;

(vii) A strategy for the preparation of the thematic reports adopted and implemented;

(viii) The two sets of Questionnaires (regional and global) are correctly completed (harmonization of the thematic analyses and follow up of key activities);

(ix) Adoption of the Africa Report by a Ministerial-level meeting in time as input into the global ICPD+10;

(x) Awareness building on emerging issues on population and development at the regional level through the preparation and presentation of progress reports on ICPD+10 in Africa to relevant meetings, including UNFPA technical meetings, UAPS Population Conference, UN Commission on Population and Development, General Assembly of the African Population Conference, etc.

55. The Working group discussed and agreed on the work plan for national, sub-regional and regional contributions to the Regional Evaluation Report proposed by the three groups. This work plan, containing the amendments proposed and adopted are included in annex.2 of the present report.

Main conclusions and closure of the meeting (agenda item 7)

56. Mr.Mubiala, the chairperson of the day three proceedings summed up the agreements as follows:

(i) He will submit the draft work plan to UNFPA senior management in New York;

(ii) ECA will prepare a project document spelling out financial requirements based on the draft work plan;

(iii) The allocation of funds for the Africa preparatory process will be based on the project document submitted;

(iv) The funds to be allocated will depend on the level of funds mobilized by UNFPA;

(v) In this regard, ECA should submit the project document as soon as possible to avoid funds being committed to other activities

57 In his closing remarks, Mr. Mubiala assured the meeting that to the extent possible, UNFPA would coordinate with ECA to ensure coordination in the completion and transmission of the global and regional questionnaires by countries, in an accurate and timely manner. In this regard, he requested ECA to expedite the finalization of the regional questionnaire. He stated that UNFPA will use its field offices to coordinate the processing of the questionnaires and he pressed ECA to use the opportunity while on missions to Member States to liase with UNFPA's field. He also urged ECA to expedite the preparation of the guidelines and for completion of the questionnaire. He assured the meeting that UNFPA Country Support Teams (CSTs) will assist with the training of nationals. He recommended that the training should involve as many nationals as possible. He thanked all participants for their hard work and in achieving the objectives of the meeting namely: the preparation of a draft regional questionnaire and; the preparation of a proposed work plan for preparatory activities to ICPD+10. Finally, he reassured participants that he would do the necessary follow-up in New York. He thanked everyone for their collaboration and wished them a safe trip to their respective destinations.

58. Responding to the remarks of Mr. Mubiala, Mr. Lamine Gueye, the coordinator of the workshop, thanked UNFPA for their commitment to the process evidenced by their high representation at the meeting in the person of Mr. Mubiala, Deputy Director, Africa Division, UNFPA, New York and in the active and dedicated manner in which colleagues of the CST participated in the meeting. He assured the meeting that ECA would do its utmost to ensure implementation of the agreed activities in collaboration with all concerned parties.

59. In his closing statement, the Director, SDD, ECA, thanked participants for their hard work and for the results achieved. He expressed confidence that the work at hand would be executed successfully given the caliber of human resources on the continent. He commended participants for coming up with a clear road map identifying roles and responsibilities, and assured the meeting that ECA would do its part, counting on the usual support of UNFPA. On behalf of all participants, he thanked the host country Senegal for their traditional hospitality and IDEP for the successful hosting of the meeting. In declaring the meeting closed, he thanked all participants and wished them safe journey home.

Annex I

2003-2004 WORK PLAN FOR NATIONAL, SUB-REGIONAL AND REGIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REGIONAL EVALUATION REPORT ON ICPD+10 NATIONAL LEVEL

EXPECTED RESULTS	ACTIVITIES	RESPONSIBLES AND STAKEHOLDERS	VENUE	TIME FRAME
1. Country Evaluation Report produced	i. Establishment of a country steering committee to coordinate the preparation of the Country Evaluation Report	Ministry/institution in charge of population policies and programmes	Country	February-March 2003
	ii. Organization of a workshop for adoption and endorsement of approach for the preparation of the Country Evaluation Report	Steering committee	Country	March 2003
	iii. Collection and analysis of data and information	Responsible sectoral institutions	Country	March - April 2003
	iv. Synthesis of different inputs and preparation of the Country Evaluation Report	Steering committee	Country	May-June 2003
	v. Organization of a national workshop to validate the Country Evaluation Report	Steering committee	Country	July 2003
	vi. Transmission of the Country Evaluation Report to ECA.	Ministry/institution in charge of population policies and programmes	Country	August 2003
2. Country Thematic Report produced (if any)	i. Identification of the national consultant to prepare the Country Thematic Report	ECA in liaison with the Steering committee, ECA Sub-regional Offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA /country	February-March 2003
	ii. Preparation of Country Thematic Report	Consultant	Country	March-June 2003
	iii. Review of Country Thematic Report	ECA in collaboration with the Steering committee, ECA Sub-regional Offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA /country	June 2003
	iv. Finalization and transmission of the Country Thematic Report to the steering committee and ECA.	Consultant	Country	July-August 2003
3. Global (UNFPA) and regional (ECA) questionnaires on ICPD+10 completed and returned	i. Identification of a structure to coordinate the completion of the global and the regional questionnaires	Ministry/institution in charge of population policies and programmes	Country	April 2003
	ii. Constitution of a working group comprising all relevant sectors as well as representatives of civil society and NGOs to complete the questionnaires	Ministry/institution in charge of population policies and programmes	Country	April 2003
	iii. Organization of sensitization and information workshop and presentation of guidelines for completion of the regional questionnaire	Ministry/institution in charge of population policies and programmes	Country	April 2003
	iv. Completion of the questionnaires (global and regional))	Working group/ Ministry / institution in charge of population policies and programmes	Country	April 2003
	v. Follow-up of the completion of the global and the regional questionnaires and transmission of the completed regional questionnaire to ECA.	UNFPA country Office	Country	May 2003

SUB-REGIONAL LEVEL

EXPECTED RESULTS	ACTIVITIES	RESPONSIBLES AND STAKEHOLDERS	VENUE	TIME FRAME
1. Awareness of African countries regarding the progress in ICPD+10 review is created/enhanced and commitment of the key institutions is assured	i. Sensitization of Member States and IGOs through: · Missions · Meetings · Personal contacts · Emails · Press Release · Radio TV broadcasting	Inter-governmental Organizations; Sub-regional Groupings; Civil Society Organizations; Ministries; Regional Economic Communities; ECA Sub-regional offices, UNFPA/CSTs	ECA sub-regional offices/ Member States	2003-2004
2. Five Sub-regional Evaluation Reports finalized	i. Participation in the national workshops validating the Country Evaluation Reports	ECA sub-regional offices, UNFPA/CST	Country	July 2003
	ii. Preparation of the Sub-regional Evaluation Reports based on the Country Evaluation Reports and the Country Thematic Reports	ECA sub-regional offices in collaboration with ECA and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA sub-regional offices	August-September 2003
	iii. Organization of sub-regional review and validation workshops to discuss the Sub-regional Evaluation Reports	ECA sub-regional offices in collaboration with ECA and UNFPA/CSTs		October 2003
	iv. Transmission of the final version of the Sub-regional Evaluation Reports to ECA	ECA sub-regional offices	ECA sub-regional offices	November 2003
3. Awareness of African and International specialists in population and development on progress and performance of African countries in implementing ICPD is created at the occasion of the UAPS Population Conference	i. Preparation of communications based on the findings of the Sub-regional Evaluation Reports	ECA sub-regional offices in collaboration with ECA and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA sub-regional offices	August 2003
	ii. Participation and presentation of the communications to the UAPS Population Conference	ECA sub-regional offices in collaboration with ECA and UNFPA/CSTs	Tunis (To be confirmed)	December 2003

REGIONAL LEVEL

EXPECTED RESULTS	ACTIVITIES	RESPONSIBLES AND STAKEHOLDERS	VENUE	TIME FRAME
1. Project document formulated , submitted to UNFPA and approved	i. Preparation of proposal to present activities for UNFPA funding	ECA	ECA	January 2003
	ii. Review and approval of the proposal	UNFPA	UNFPA	January - February 2003
2. African countries are informed about the work plan and the modalities of ICPD+10 review processes.	i. Preparation and dissemination of information letters to countries	ECA	ECA	January 2003
3. Guidelines for the preparation of Country Evaluation Reports produced	i. Preparation and dissemination of guidelines for preparation of the Country Evaluation Reports	ECA in collaboration with its Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	January-February 2003
4. Regional questionnaire on ICPD+10 finalized and sent to African countries	i. Finalization of the regional questionnaire	ECA	ECA	February 2003
	ii. Preparation of guidelines for completion of the regional questionnaire	ECA in collaboration its Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	February 2003
	iii. Dissemination of the regional questionnaire together with the guidelines	ECA	ECA	March 2003
5. A strategy for the preparation of the Country Thematic Reports adopted and implemented	i. Defining the themes of the Country Thematic Reports	ECA in liaison with its Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	January-February 2003
	ii. Formulation of TORs for national consultants in charge of the preparation of the Country Thematic Reports	ECA in liaison with its Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	January-February 2003
	iii. Identification and recruitment of the national consultants to prepare the Country Thematic Reports	ECA in liaison with the country Steering committee, ECA Sub-regional Offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	February-March 2003
	iv. Follow-up of the preparation of the Country Thematic Reports	ECA in liaison with the country Steering committee, ECA Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	March-August 2003
6. Report of the technical meeting on findings of the Country Thematic Reports produced	i. Synthesis of findings of the Country Thematic Reports	ECA in collaboration with its Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	September-October 2003
	ii. Organization of a technical meeting on findings of the Country Thematic Reports	ECA in collaboration with its Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	Tunis (To be confirmed)	December 2003
	iii. Preparation and dissemination of the report of the technical meeting	ECA	ECA	December 2003
7. Regional Evaluation Report produced in English and French	i. Collation of completed regional questionnaires	ECA	ECA	May 2003
	ii. Copy of completed regional questionnaires forwarded to ECA sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	ECA	May 2003
	iii. Analysis of data and information contained in the completed regional questionnaires	ECA/Consultants in collaboration with ECA Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	May-July 2003
	iv. Synthesis of findings of the five Sub-regional Evaluation Reports	ECA in collaboration with its Sub-regional Offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	December 2003
	v. Analysis of findings of the technical meeting on the Country Thematic Reports	ECA in collaboration with its Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	January-February 2004
	vi. Consolidation and finalization of the Regional Evaluation Report	ECA in collaboration with its Sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA s	April 2004
	vii. Translation of the Regional Evaluation Report	ECA	ECA	April-May 2004
8. Regional Evaluation Report discussed and adopted by the Fifth Meeting of the Follow up Committee on the implementation of the DND/ICPD	i. Organization of the Fifth Meeting of the Follow up Committee	ECA in collaboration with the Joint ECA/AU/ADB Secretariat, ECA sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	Host country of one of the ECA Sub-regional offices	April 2004
	ii. Finalization , translation and dissemination of the report of the Fifth Meeting of the Follow-up Committee	ECA	ECA s	April 2004
	ii. Finalization and dissemination of the Regional Evaluation Report	ECA in collaboration with the Joint ECA/AU/ADB Secretariat, ECA sub-regional offices and UNFPA/CSTs	ECA	April 2004
9. Regional Evaluation Report endorsed by a ministerial level meeting	i. Organization of a ministerial level meeting	ECA in collaboration with the Joint ECA/AU/ADB Secretariat and UNFPA	To be determined	April 2004
	ii. Preparation and dissemination of the report of the ministerial-level meeting	ECA	ECA	May 2004
10. Regional Evaluation Report endorsed by the Sixth General Assembly of the African Population Commission (APC) for onwards transmission to African Union Council of Ministers/Heads of State	i. Preparation of a synthesis of the Regional Evaluation Report for distribution at the Sixth General Assembly of the APC	ECA	ECA	May 2004
	ii. Participation and presentation of the Regional Evaluation Report to the Sixth General Assembly of the APC	ECA	To be determined	May 2004
11. Regional Evaluation Report submitted to UNFPA as Africa input into ICPD+10 Global Report	i. Submission of the Regional Evaluation Report to UNFPA	ECA	ECA	May 2004

12. Awareness building on ICPD+10 review processes in Africa	i. Preparation and presentation of a progress report on ICPD+10 in Africa to the United Nations Commission on Population and Development	ECA in collaboration with the Joint ECA/AU/ADB Secretariat	New York	March-April 2003
	ii. Preparation and presentation of a progress report on ICPD+10 in Africa to the UAPS Population Conference	ECA in collaboration with the Joint ECA/AU/ADB Secretariat	Tunis (To be confirmed)	December 2003
	iii. Preparation and presentation of progress reports on ICPD+10 in Africa to other meetings including Parliamentarians, line Ministers, NGOs and Civil society organizations	ECA in collaboration with the Joint ECA/AU/ADB Secretariat	Depending on the venue	2003-2004

Annex II

Provisional List of Participants

SENEGAL

Mme Rokhaya Sene
Chairperson of the Follow-up Committee
Directrice
Planification des Ressources Humaines
BP 4010, Dakar, Senegal
Tel: 221 823 29 93 (Sec)
Fax/Tel direct: 221 822 59 41
Mobile: 221 554 04 26
E-mail: rokhayasene81@hotmail.com

ADB

Mr. Prosper Poukouta
Sustainable Development and
Poverty Reduction Unit
01 BP 1387, Abidjan 01, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Tel: 225 - 20 20 44 44
Fax: 225- 20 20 50 33
E-mail: p.poukouta@afdb.org

AU

Dr. Ben Hadj Abdellatif
Population, Labor, Health and
Social Affairs Division
Community Affairs Department
African Union
P.O Box 200225 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: 251 1- 51 56 27
Fax: 251 1-51 26 22/51 78 44
Email: nadir_ab@yahoo.fr

CERPOD

Dr. Keffing Dabo
Chef, Unité Opérationnelle Politiques
et Programmes
P.O.Box 1530
Bamako, Mali
Tel: 223-22 30 43/22 80 86
Fax: 223-22 78 31
E-mail: kdabo@cerpod.insah.ml

FAAPPD

Mr. Badara Diop
Forum of African et Arab Parliamentarians
on Population and Development
29, Avenue Leopold Sedar Senghor
B.P. 6354 Dakar-Etoile
Dakar, Senegal
Tel : 221- 223 2203
Fax: 221- 849 4873

IDEP

Mr. Diery Seck
Director
Dakar, Senegal
B.P. 3186
Fax: 221-822 29 64
E-mail: dseck@unidep.org

IFORD

Mr. Betbout Hamadi
Enseignant
P.O. Box 1556
Yaounde, Cameroon
Tel : 237 222 2471
Fax : 237 222 6793
E-mail: hbetbout@yahoo.com

ONFP

Mr. Adnane Hadj Aissa
Deputy Director
Office National de la Famille et de la Population
42, Avenue Madrid, 1002
Tunis, Tunisie
Tel: 216- 98- 336 703
Fax: 216- 71-345 790
E-mail: fathi_ben_messaoud@yahoo.fr

RIPS

Mr. Stephen Owusu Kwankye
Acting Director
P.O. Box 96
Legon, Ghana
Tel: 233-21-500274/500796
Fax: 233-21-500273/500310
E-mail: kwankyeso@hotmail.com

UAPS

Mr. MBaye Diouf NDiaye
Conference Coordinator
P.O. Box 16292
Dakar/Fann, Senegal
E-mail: cap2003@uaps.org

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)

Mr. Lalan Mubiala
Deputy Director
UNFPA
220 East 42^nd Street
New York, New Yoirk, 10017
Fax: 212 297 4951
E-mail: mubiala@unfp.org

Mr. Richard Dackam
Regional Advisor
UNFPA/CST Dakar
P.O.Box 21090 Dakar-Ponty
Dakar, Senegal
Fax: 221-228382/236380
dackam@unfpa.org

Mr. Assogba
UNFPA/CST Dakar
Regional Advisor
P.O.Box 21090 Dakar-Ponty
Dakar, Senegal
Fax: 221-228382/236380
assogba@unfpa.org

Mr. Mady Biaye
UNFPA/CST HARARE
Regional Advisor
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 263 4 307480-7

Fax: 263 4 307467

Email: biaye@unfpacst.co.zw

QUOTIDIEN LE SOLEIL

Mr. El Bachir Sow
Journalist
Quotidien le Soleil

ECA SUB-REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTERS (SRDCs)

SRDC-CA

Mr. Gabriel Nahimana
Economic Affairs Officer
P.O. Box 836
Yaounde, Cameroon
Tel: 237-2231461
Fax: 237-2233185
E-mail: gnahiman@un.cm

SRDC-EA

Mr. K. A. Banda
Economic Affairs Officer
P.O. Box 4654
Kigali, Rwanda
Tel : 250-86549
Fax : 250-86546
E-mail : easrdc@rwandatel1.rwanda1.com

SRDC-NA

Mr. Souleymane Traore
Social Affairs Officer
P.O.Box 316,
Tangier, Morocco
Tel : 212-39 32 23 46/32 23 47
Fax : 212-39 34 03 57
E-mail : srdc-na@uneca.org

SRDC-SA

Mr. Z. W. Kazeze
Population Affairs Officer
P.O. Box 30647
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel : 260-1 228 502
Fax : 260-1 236 949
E-mail : zkazeze@yahoo.co.uk

SRDC-WA

Dr. Bossa M. Vlavonou
Senior Economic Affairs Officer
P.O. Box 744
Niamey, Niger
Tel: 227-72 29 61/72 28 94
Fax: 227-72 28 94
E-mail : srdcwest@uneca.org

ECA SECRETARIAT

Mr. Josué Dioné, Director
SDD
P.O. Box 3001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel.:(251-1)51 04 06
Fax: (251-1)51 03 50
Email:jdione@uneca.org

Mr. Amadou L. Gueye, Economic Affairs Officer
SDD
P.O. Box 3001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel.: (251-1) 51 72 00 /44 34 80
Fax: (251-1) 51 44 16
Email: lgueye@uneca.org

Mr. Moulie Gibril, Technical Advisory Service Specialist
SDD
P.O. Box 3001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel. (251-1) 51 72 00/51 61 80
Fax: (251-1) 51 44 16
Email: mgibril@uneca.org

Mrs. Isatou Gaye, Environmental Affairs Officer
SDD
P.O. Box 3001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel. (251-1) 51 72 00/44 30 89
Fax: (251-1) 51 44 16
Email: gaye.uneca@un.org

Mrs. Donatella Giubilaro, Associate Demographer
SDD
P.O. Box 3001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel. (251-1) 51 72 00/44 53 13
Fax: (251-1) 51 44 16
Email: dgiubilaro-demonio@uneca.org

INTERPRETERS

Mr. Momar Diagne
Dakar, Senegal
Tel.: 221 825 70 14/221 634 25 41

Mr. Cheikh Diop
Dakar, Senegal
Tel.: 221 638 8281

Mr. Sette Toure
Dakar, Senegal
Tel.: 221 8360642/221 5397471